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Thomas πŸ”­πŸ•ΉοΈ

Glad you asked!
- Faster loading websites
- Protection from malware in ads
- Fewer intrusive interruptions
- No privacy invasion from data mongers
- Incentivizing websites not to compete on a race to the bottom with ever more click-baity bullshit content

Red banner on a website: "It appears that you are curently using Enhanced Tracking Protection. What are the consequences"?
9 January at 16:38 | Open on hachyderm.io
4 comments
Julia

@thomasfuchs Tacky. Especially considering the source (but I respect your decision not to name this site 😊).

9 January at 16:47 | Open on mathstodon.xyz
Chee Aun πŸ€”

@thomasfuchs wow how does the site know it's "Enhanced Tracking Protection"?

9 January at 16:53 | Open on mastodon.social
Thomas πŸ”­πŸ•ΉοΈ

@cheeaun they’re probably just making bullshit up lol

9 January at 16:54 | Open on hachyderm.io
Chee Aun πŸ€”

@thomasfuchs I mean if they are able to show this text, it's very similar to those adblock detection scripts, which I always pity whoever the front-end dev being tasked to do it 😒

9 January at 17:01 | Open on mastodon.social
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